Because hazards vary over time, dynamic followup is preferred over one-size-fits-all syste ...

Colorectal cancer has become the leading cause of cancer deaths for people under 50, rising from fifth place in the 1990s, ...

“Not all colon polyps are cancerous but all colon cancer starts as a polyp which is why everyone needs to know about them and be screened regularly for them,” says Fola May, MD, a gastroenterologist ...

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer deaths among people under 50 in the US, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports. While overall cancer deaths in younger ...

1 in 5 people being diagnosed with colorectal cancer are under age 55.

I let the Mexiclan — a text chat of my closest friends — know what I was about to do. Memes citing the farting scene from "Blazing Saddles" and others too rude to mention in a family paper immediately ...

In a study published in Gastroenterology, researchers sought to determine the association between the presence of serrated colorectal polyps and colorectal neoplasia, based on evidence that serrated ...

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Jan. 27, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Heavy drinking increases a person’s risk of colon cancer over their lifetime, a new study says.

Cold endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) showed a superior safety profile over traditional hot EMR for large nonpedunculated colorectal polyps measuring ≥ 20 mm, with significantly lower risks of ...

Oct. 22, 2002 (Seattle) — Smoking has been identified as an important risk factor for colorectal polyps in a retrospective study conducted by researchers at Stony Brook University in Long Island.